Live and Virus TI problem

chrislake · Post by **chrislake** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:15 pm

Just bought a new Virus TI, which I am very excited about. However, I have got it running and installed the latest software and the audio is crackling. I was wondering if anyone knows of a possible solution to this please?

My setup is listed Below

Live 5.2, Windows XP SP2, AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.20 Ghz, 2Gb Ram, Delta 44 soundcard, Midisport 4x4, Access Virus TI, Nord Lead 2, Mackie VLZ1402Pro mixer

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:37 pm

Hi mate,

is it crackling when you have it monitoring via live? or the synth crackles as it is?

if it's crackling whilst monitoring perhaps you need to adjust your cpu buffer to a higher size.

chrislake · Post by **chrislake** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:39 pm

yes running it all through the USB cable. so I should change the buffer size on the Delta card then yes?

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sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:40 pm

chrislake wrote:yes running it all through the USB cable. so I should change the buffer size on the Delta card then yes?

c

that would most definately be where i first look at.

let me know if pain persists.

Cryptic UK · Post by **Cryptic UK** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:12 pm

I took mine back because its alot of money to pay for something that doesnt work properley.

The TI is my dream synth and the sound is exactly what i was after, if i could pay about £700 just for the synth then that would be fine.

I might get one again a soon as i start to hear good things.

stallos · Post by **stallos** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:18 pm

what sort of probs you had cryptic ?
I have been lusting after one of these for a while, seems to be very highly acclaimed by the trade press.

stal

Cryptic UK · Post by **Cryptic UK** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:32 pm

Check out the forums

http://www.virusti.com/forum/

Crackles and pops on any buffer size when using the virus as a soundcard.

OS 1.1 beta is out now but did not fix any problems if anything it made them worse and some people have had to return theres because of a hardware problem.

I did manage to work with it for a while by just using my own sound card with the usb plug in to my mac and TI as a plug in, but then i would still get cracks and pops from time to time.

my advice is to wait until its stable, you dont want head fuck its not worth worring about when the next update is and will it fix the problems.

stallos · Post by **stallos** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:45 pm

man, thats sucks

Chris is probably tearing his hair out now!

did you get something else instead ?

Cryptic UK · Post by **Cryptic UK** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:03 pm

No thats all i wanted.

I just have loads of cash now

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:10 pm

stallos wrote: Chris is probably tearing his hair out now!

cs759 · Post by **cs759** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:20 pm

Make sure your latency isn't too low, and make sure the patch volume isn't too high. It's easy to get digital clipping when programming your own patches or modifying existing patches, so check your crackling with existing patches.

If you're talking about light crackles happening regularly (more noticable in some patches than others).

My crackles were solved by getting a PCI USB2 card and running the TI exclusively through that.

Doesn't cost that much. I'm using the Belkin 2 port card.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:21 pm

cs759 wrote:Make sure your latency isn't too low, and make sure the patch volume isn't too high. It's easy to get digital clipping when programming your own patches or modifying existing patches, so check your crackling with existing patches.

If you're talking about light crackles happening regularly (more noticable in some patches than others).

My crackles were solved by getting a PCI USB2 card and running the TI exclusively through that.

Doesn't cost that much. I'm using the Belkin 2 port card.

Chris, this sounds like some solid advice.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:24 pm

Putting it on a dedicated PCI USB card is good advice. Helped for me too. Also, make sure you're running at least the 1.1.1 beta software.

underwaterlab · Post by **underwaterlab** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:07 pm

Well, I'm using my TI with a Mac, but, otherwise, same idea.

1) For a while, I couldn't use the USB outs on the TI. As of 1.1, I can.

2) Initially, I couldn't use my M-Audio Quattro with the TI. There was a conflict between their drivers...I couldn't even have the Quattro driver installed without it causing problems. I don't know if this is still an issue with the later Virus OSses, but you might want to try uninstalling your Delta 44 and see if that makes the problems go away. You might not think that's a good solution...but it was the only way I could get the Virus stable.

3) The Virus should be on a separate USB bus. That's everywhere in the documentation for it. Now, I did that, but 2) was actually my problem, so you might want to check 2) before you buy a PCI USB card. However, I guarantee it won't work if you have them both on the same bus.

Try setting the audio buffer and the plug-in buffer in Live both to 256 samples. I've had good results in that range.

jackmazzotti · Post by **jackmazzotti** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:14 pm

you obviously just got your ti because you said problem
you soon most likely will say problemS

there is a whole forum devoted to this

http://www.virusti.com/forum/